The little sand lance is unexpectedly split in two, revealing a breadth of genetic diversity that could help it survive. By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine Published Mar 7, 2023 9:00 PM EST This article ...

AMHERST, Mass. - A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for puffins, terns and other seabirds, humpback whales and other marine mammals, and ...

In the vast oceans, one would assume their inhabitants can travel far and wide and, as a result, populations of a species would mix freely. But this doesn't appear to be the case for a vital forage ...

Residents work to remove sand lance, a small fish called "yangmiri" in Korean, from a fishing net at a port in Gangneung on South Korea's east coast on Dec. 22, 2025. In South Korea, the fish is a ...

Scientists have been receiving reports of dead and dying mammals, birds and small fish in the Aleutian Islands. They think the killer might be toxic algae proliferating in unusually warm ocean waters.

The highlight of our Berners Bay cruise with Audubon was sighting a pod of orcas, calmly swimming back and forth close to a gravelly beach. There were perhaps five or six individuals in the group: a ...

FRIDAY HARBOR — By now, the millions of people around the world who followed the saga of a mother orca carrying her dead calf know the endangered southern-resident orca whales exclusively eat chinook ...